In response to yesterday's question and some google image searaching, I am going to say that it does indeed look to be a cherry tree in the picture in front of city hall. Good answers!
From just a bit down the road, another tree is in bloom...
I waited about 5 minutes for some people to walk by, but didn't catch anyone. This is usually a pretty busy sidewalk and in general, most of my photos just happen to make it look like no one lives in Portland. I aim to take more 'people shots' in the future.
The church in the picutre is the First Parish Church, and is Portland's oldest place of worship.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Spring Tree
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Portland Freedom Trail
The Portland Freedom Trail was established in 2007, and marks important sites relating to the underground railroad and the abolitionist movement. According to the site, there are no less than 75 underground railroad sites in the state of Maine.
A readable (click to enlarge) close up of the marker pictured above, 1 of 16 in Portland:
Friday, April 25, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Fire Escape
Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Portland Pottery
A sort of aerial shot of Portland Pottery and a convenience store on Washington Ave. Beyond that, the sun sets on Back Cove.
Spring weather continues this week, creating more opportunities for me to get out and get some new shots.
Spring weather continues this week, creating more opportunities for me to get out and get some new shots.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Portland Square
A shot from last summer, of a couple office buildings (One and Two Portland Square) downtown. I liked being able to capture the rugged islands in the background and making them appear to be a stone's throw away despite being miles away. (click for larger version!)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Twin Peaks
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Crossing State
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Hamblen Block
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Project: Paint Tanks
The Maine Center for Creativity is holding a competition for designs to be painted/applied to 16 of the 35 Oil Tanks in the area pictured above, in South Portland near I-295. The designs will be seen by land, sea, and air. I say they might as well dress these up a bit, and doing something artistic is even better.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Before and After #2
The Morse-Libby House, also known as the Victoria Mansion, is a national historic landmark, as pictured circa 1900 and Today. Built in 1860 and located at 109 Danforth Street.
From Victoriamansion.org...
Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby House, is the finest example of residential design from the pre-Civil War era in America. With superb architecture and well-preserved original interiors that were among the most lavish and sophisticated in their day, it is an unparalleled document of America’s highest aspirations in architecture, interior design, and the decorative arts.
From Wikipedia....
This stately brownstone Italiante villa was completed in 1860 as a summer home for hotelier Ruggles Sylvester Morse. Morse had left Maine to make his fortune with hotels in New York, Boston, and New Orleans. The house was designed by the New Haven architect Henry Austin. Its distinctive asymmetric form includes a four-story tower, overhanging eaves, verandas, and ornate windows. Frescoes and trompe l'oeil wall decorations were created by the artist and decorator Giovanni Guidirini.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Yellow Yellow
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
High Tide
Thursday, April 3, 2008
City Hall
From the Great Portland Landmarks Site...
Fascinating!
Carrere and Hastings of New York, one of the nation's leading architectural firms at the turn of the century, designed Portland's City Hall. Two previous buildings stood on this site. The first fell victim to the great fire in 1866; the rebuilt hall burned in 1908. Carrere and Hastings are perhaps best known for their design of the New York Public Library, but Carrere is said to have been especially pleased with his design here. The elaborate structure is based loosely on a French Renaissance Hotel de Ville. The building gracefully conceals its actual size through its relation to the courtyard in front of the entrance. The tower stands almost 200 feet high, and the building houses a 3,000 seat auditorium. The granite for the building came from North Jay, Maine.
Fascinating!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
April 2nd
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
April Theme Day: Water
From last summer, the CAT Ferry sets 'sail' for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Canada).
Theme day participants (I'm working on this code, it doesn't seem long enough for some reason)
theme day id=14
American Fork (UT), USA by Annie, Bellefonte (PA), USA by Barb-n-PA, Boston (MA), USA by Fenix - Bostonscapes, Busan, Korea South by iamnbinb, Hamilton, New Zealand by Sakiwi, Joplin (MO), USA by Victoria, Lisbon, Portugal by Maria João, London, UK by Ham, Melbourne, Australia by John, Melbourne, Australia by Mblamo, Memphis (TN), USA by SouthernHeart, Menton, France by Jilly, Mexico City, Mexico by Poly, Minneapolis (MN), USA by Mitch, Minneapolis (MN), USA by Greg, Monte Carlo, Monaco by Jilly, Monterrey, Mexico by rafa, Nottingham, UK by Gail's Man, Pasadena (CA), USA by Petrea, Pilisvörösvár, Hungary by Elise, Port Angeles (WA), USA by Jelvistar, Port Vila, Vanuatu by Mblamo, Prague, Czech Republic by Honza03, Riga, Latvia by Prokur, Saarbrücken, Germany by LadyDemeter, San Diego (CA), USA by Felicia, San Diego (CA), USA by Zentmrs, San Francisco (CA), USA by PFranson, Seattle (WA), USA by Kim, Selma (AL), USA by RamblingRound, Setúbal, Portugal by Maria Elisa, Stayton (OR), USA by Celine, Stockholm, Sweden by Stromsjo, Stouffville, Canada by Ken, Subang Jaya, Malaysia by JC, Sunshine Coast, Australia by bitingmidge, Terrell (TX), USA by Jim K, Toulouse, France by Julia, Wassenaar, Netherlands by Rich, West Sacramento (CA), USA by Barbara, Weston (FL), USA by WestonDailyPhoto, Willits (CA), USA by Elaine,
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